The Chilled 100 Spirits Awards Adds Calvados Category
The Chilled 100 Spirits Awards – Cutting-edge awards system adds Calvados as a new category.
The Interprofession des Applellations Cidricoles (idac) for Calvados’ participation in the Chilled 100 Spirits Awards delivered impressive success and established Calvados as a top-tier spirit by bartenders. The Calvados Conseil submitted 77 entries, earning a multitude of honors, that highlights the spirit’s exceptional versatility and innovation.
Originating in Normandy, Calvados is a type of brandy made by fermenting apples or pears into cider, then distilling the cider into brandy and aging it in oak barrels. The Chilled 100 Spirits Awards bartender judges recommended including Calvados as a category in last year’s event. Bartenders appreciate Calvados as a category because it is a unique spirit that showcases both craftsmanship and history.
In a remarkable display of confidence, idac entered an outstanding 77 SKUs in this year’s Chilled 100 Spirits Awards. Calvados is a niche category often overshadowed by spirits like whiskey and cognac. The idac viewed the awards as an opportunity to get liquid to bartender’s lips and put its products directly in the hands of leading and influential bartenders in the industry and, most importantly, to increase awareness of the category.
The Chilled 100 Spirits Awards scoring system allows the opportunity to earn the following medals: Platinum, Double Gold, Gold, and Silver. Platinum is the highest recommendation from our Chilled100 judging panel which closely follows the Bartenders Seal of Approval, a prestigious honor awarded to brands that earn the trust and admiration of the industry’s top mixologists. It symbolizes a skilled bartender’s full support and recommendation as a must-use brand behind today’s bars. Our Emblems of Excellence take bartender recommendations a step further by using Breakout Brand, Creative Bottle Design, New Brand, Sustainable Brand, Innovative Brand, Artisanal Brand, Timeless Brand, and Woman Owned Brand categories to establish a brand’s best uses.
Idac achievements for Calvados during the Chilled 100 Spirits Awards show its dominance in the spirits industry. They earned 56 platinum medals, 20 double gold, six Bartender’s Seal of Approval, two Sustainable Brand emblems, one New Brand emblem, and one Timeless Brand emblem. Its achievements at the Chilled 100 Spirits Awards are truly inspiring. By earning a remarkable collection of medals and emblems, idac demonstrated the quality and range of products and the relevance of Calvados in the ever-growing and highly innovative spirits industry.
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